CCC 2612
Christian Prayer›SECTION ONE PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE›CHAPTER ONE THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER›Article 2 IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
In Jesus "the Kingdom of God is at hand." He calls his hearers to conversion and faith, but also to watchfulness. In prayer the disciple keeps watch, attentive to Him Who Is and Him Who Comes, in memory of his first coming in the lowliness of the flesh, and in the hope of his second coming in glory. In communion with their Master, the disciples' prayer is a battle; only by keeping watch in prayer can one avoid falling into temptation.
Footnotes
- ⇒ Mk 1:15.
- Cf. ⇒ Mk 13; ⇒ Lk 21:34-36.
- Cf. ⇒ Lk 22:40, ⇒ 46.